Universal Music
1968
Mutantes
About This Album
Few albums have had such a massive impact on the popular music scene of Brazil as the self-titled debut album of Os Mutantes. Serie Estreia is a 2002 reissue of this landmark recording that, together with two other 1968 albums by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, marked the start of the highly controversial and amazingly creative Tropicalismo movement, which would forever change the musical landscape of Brazil. Seemingly effortlessly, Os Mutantes blend and fuse musical elements of the Beatles, Brazilian folk music, Veloso,Françoise Hardy, and psychedelic sound effects, and then top it all off with their own unique and unmistakable charm and style. The album starts off with the sonic extravaganza of Gil and Veloso's "Panis et Circenses," with its instant melody and suggestive lyrics. "O Relógio" was Os Mutantes' first single, and the smooth, fragile voice of a very young Rita Lee and the unusual sound effects of the song give it a beautiful, somewhat dreamy atmosphere. A slight psychedelic touch is given to Veloso's Tropicalismo classic, "Baby." On "Adeus Maria Fulô," Os Mutantes slip for a moment into the sound and rhythm of Brazil's northeast region.
Track List (try tracks 2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9)

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